Local Briefs Report Holidays and Officials
The Board of Supervisors adjourned until Thursday morning. Ottumwa district engineer Joe Morrison is in town on business. Fairfield couples received marriage licenses. Charles Jaques and Nora Hendrix wed, Clifford Brown and Gladys St Clair also married. Many locals travel for holidays and illness cases tied to Spanish influenza. families from Jefferson City, Moline, Danville, and Minneapolis visit or recover.
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Joe Morrison
Ottumwa
Charles H. Jaques
Nora Hendrix
Fairfield
Clifford Brown
Gladys St. Clair
Ex Kaiser to Deliver Christmas Sermon in Amsterdam
William Hohenzollern plans a German style Christmas with a chapel in Amsterdam castle drawing room. Berlin barred the court chaplain, so a German missionary and Hohenzollern will preach. Guests limited to Count von Bentinck family, his suite, and castle staff.
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London
William Hohenzollern
Daily Express
Amsterdam
Ernest von Druander
Berlin
Holland
Herr Hohenzollern
Count von Bentinck
Amerogen Woods
Victoria
Germany
Windsor Castle
Ottumwa Street Car Strike Ends with 6-Cent Fare Approval
Ottumwa city council approves a 6 cent fare for Ottumwa Railway and Light Co by 2 to 1, Mayor Leeny dissenting. The move ends a 48 hour street car tie up and triggers wage increases for carmen and light and power department workers who had been on strike. Commissioner Phillips backs the increase after opposing it initially citing misery from a prolonged stoppage. Leeny questions legality of overriding the franchise.
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Ottumwa
Ottumwa Railway and Light Co
Phillips
Leeny
Carmen
Light and Power
Christmas Verses Warn of War End But Keep Hope Alive
A wartime Christmas verse notes President Wilson dining in France while Russia’s Czar and Montenegro’s King fall, says Santa remains at work. It jestingly links turkey age to teeth, warns of trench breaks for Christmas, and hints at parcels, pens and a window shopping clue for gifts.
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Wilhelm
President Wilson
France
I Will Do Your Plumbing and Heating Services
Advertisement for C E Haynes offering plumbing and heating repair services with prompt attention. Located third door north of Savings Bank, phone number 357, address at 408-28.
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C. E. Haynes
Savings Bank
Christmas Boxes Packed for Fort Des Moines and Camp Dodge
More than 1,200 of the 5,000 Red Cross Christmas boxes are packed for soldiers in hospitals at Fort Des Moines and Camp Dodge. Trucks from the camp transport the boxes to the cantonment for Christmas Day.
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Des Moines
Red Cross
Fort Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Goose Fat Helps Colds and Men Tho Eze Remedy
An old fashioned goose grease remedy now enhanced with wintergreen peppermint and other oils is sold as MenTho-Eze. Rub on chest to relieve throat and lung discomfort in about 20 minutes with fumes aiding inhalation. Available in opal jars 30c and 60c from druggists or by mail Fort Dodge Iowa. Baron Zorn von Buelach forced to leave Strassburg per Temps and will retire to his estate in Bauen Paris notes.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Baron Bulach
Paris
Baron Zorn von Buelach
Alb Sace
Eat Your Christmas Dinner At The Leggett
Advertisement urges readers to dine at the Leggett for Christmas, offering reservations by telephone and noting John V. practical piano tuner at vale 2412. Day indicated: 6-18.
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the Leggett
John V
Vale
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